Mario carried with him not only Italian traditions, but a resilient spirit that would eventually find a partner in Regina María Sívori, a strong-willed woman born in Buenos Aires but with family ...

API//Getty Images Pope Francis’s parents Regina Maria Sivori and Mario Jose Francisco on their wedding day. Vatican Pool//Getty Images Jose Mario Bergoglio poses with his sister Maria Elena ...

This document is a copy of his baptismal certificate. Francis was the son of Italian immigrants, Regina Maria Sivori and Mario Jose Francisco, pictured here on their wedding day. A young Pope ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio to Regina Maria Sivori and Mario Jose Francisco in Argentina, died on Monday, April 21, 2025, of a stroke and cardiac arrest, according to the Vatican.

Born on February 7, 1948, in Buenos Aires to Mario Bergoglio and Regina Maria Sivori, Maria Elena Bergoglio is the only one of Pope Francis's five siblings still alive. Raised in a Catholic values ...

Oscar Adrian and sister Marta Regina, (sitting) sister Maria Elena, mother Regina Maria Sivori and father Mario Jose Francisco. More API/GAMMA/Gamma-Raph/Getty Images March 11, 1958: Bergoglio ...

His father, Mario José from Turin, was an accountant for the railway. His mother, Regina Maria Sivori from Genoa, was a homemaker who bore five children, of whom Jorge was the eldest. After ...

His father, Mario Jose Bergoglio, worked as an accountant, while his mother, Regina Maria Sivori, tended to the children. Only one of Francis' siblings − youngest sister Maria Elena, 12 years ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The reign of Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88, will be remembered for ruthless power struggles ...

His father, Mario Jose Bergoglio, worked as an accountant, while his mother, Regina Maria Sivori, tended to the children. Only one of Francis' siblings − youngest sister Maria Elena, 12 years ...